terrorism
Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West
Features/Interviews
June 10, 2019
Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has lost its caliphate in Syria and Iraq, but in the forbidding…
Sri Lanka MPs clash with president over Easter attacks probe
World
June 9, 2019
Sri Lanka MPs clash with president over Easter attacks probe
Sri Lanka’s parliament warned President Maithripala Sirisena not to scuttle a controversial investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide…
Sri Lanka president sacks intelligence chief over Easter attacks probe
World
June 8, 2019
Sri Lanka president sacks intelligence chief over Easter attacks probe
Sri Lanka’s president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses…
Egyptian police kill 4 terrorists involved in Arish checkpoint attack
Egypt
June 8, 2019
Egyptian police kill 4 terrorists involved in Arish checkpoint attack
Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that police forces have eliminated four terrorists involved in an attack on Arish, North…
Egypt’s Interior Ministry identifies and kills terrorists in North Sinai
Egypt
June 7, 2019
Egypt’s Interior Ministry identifies and kills terrorists in North Sinai
Egyptian police forces have pursued the terrorists responsible for a security ambush in South Arish on Wednesday, after forces identified…
Two American women, six children repatriated to US from Syria: Kurdish-led authority
Middle East
June 5, 2019
Two American women, six children repatriated to US from Syria: Kurdish-led authority
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two US women with Islamic State ties and six children were repatriated from northeast Syria, Kurdish-led authorities…
Libya hands over top wanted terrorist to Egypt
Egypt
May 29, 2019
Libya hands over top wanted terrorist to Egypt
The Libyan National Army announced early on Wednesday that it handed over to the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) one…
Sri Lanka detain nearly 100 in anti-Islamist swoops
World
May 26, 2019
Sri Lanka detain nearly 100 in anti-Islamist swoops
Sri Lanka’s military has detained nearly 100 suspects during four days of search operations against remnants of an Islamist group…
Christchurch attacker charged with terrorism: police
World
May 21, 2019
Christchurch attacker charged with terrorism: police
The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshipers in the Christchurch mosque attacks was formally charged with terrorism for…
Egypt security forces kill 12 terrorists in Cairo and Giza, Interior Ministry
Egypt
May 20, 2019
Egypt security forces kill 12 terrorists in Cairo and Giza, Interior Ministry
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said on Sunday that its forces killed 12 terrorists in Sixth of October City, Giza, al-Shorouk city,…